High Desert Museum says farewell to Rogue, the river otter
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Rogue, a North American river otter who lived at Bend’s High Desert Museum for the past nine years, was humanely euthanized on…
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Bend councilors reject Deschutes Library request for land-use exception to build Central Library
Bend city councilors heard plenty of divided testimony Wednesday evening on a request by the Deschutes Public Library System for an exception to city…
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Growing list of big, traditional C.O. events set to return this year after 2-year COVID hiatus
When the COVID-19 pandemic shut down many of the High Desert’s traditional yearly events for the foreseeable future in 2020, few if any people…
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Sisters Movie House joins C.O. in support of Ukraine with film fundraiser
Along with several other Central Oregon businesses and individuals, the Sisters Movie House is showing support of Ukraine with a fundraiser, in this…
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‘Pretty special’: Bend Senior High Unified basketball team wins state Special Olympics championship
A big win for the Bend Senior High Unified Basketball team, claiming the title of state champions on Saturday. Unified Sports is a program that…
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ODF offering C.O. landowners assistance for fuel reduction projects to curb wildfire risks
The Oregon Department of Forestry’s Central Oregon District said Wednesday it is accepting applications from landowners in several areas of…
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Garage fire spreads to NW Redmond home; no injuries, firefighters rescue several cats
A fire in a garage full of personal belongings spread to part of a northwest Redmond home Tuesday afternoon, but all occupants got out unhurt and…
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Gov. Brown signs child care funding bill, visits COCC, talks workforce initiative in Bend
Oregon Gov. Kate Brown signed House Bill 4005, the $100 million child care investment package, on Tuesday at Bloom Children’s Center in Bend, one…
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Deschutes County commissioners discuss homeless, other issues with Redmond city councilors
Deschutes County commissioners and Redmond city councilors discussed several Redmond-area projects during their joint meeting Tuesday evening, but as…
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Murals brighten, inspire at homeless shelter in NE Bend
Three local artists bring paintings and messages of beauty and hope in artwork installed Tuesday on the exterior wall of the Shepherd’s House…
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Some C. Oregonians share enthusiasm for bill to make Daylight Saving Time permanent
A movement to make Daylight Saving Time permanent took a big step forward Tuesday, with the U.S. Senate unanimously passing legislation to end the…
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Oregon looks to build more public EV charging stations in Central Oregon, across state
State officials met with Bend’s transportation planners Tuesday to present them with the state’s report on electric charging…
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M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust’s $350,000 ‘top off’ grant supports new Madras Health Center
Mosaic Medical, a nonprofit community health center providing quality care for all in Bend, Redmond, Prineville and Madras, was recently awarded a…
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NE Bend attempted burglary suspect runs, tries to hide, caught with help of police drone, K-9 Kim
A 42-year-old Bend man accused of attempting to burglarize a pair of northeast Bend businesses was scared off by an alarm and tried to run and hide…
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Bend officials remove unsafe homeless camp along NE Second Street and Greeley Avenue
Starting at 5:30 a.m. Monday, Bend police officers posted blockades around Northeast Second Street near Greeley Avenue in order to begin the cleanup…
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Central Oregon high school students hit the road to cheer their teams to lofty heights
Hundreds of Central Oregon high school students traveled to Corvallis and Portland over the past week to cheer on their fellow classmates competing…
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With new federal funds, C.O. hopes to become ‘model for state’ for school mental health resources
Sens. Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden, D-Ore., announced Friday that key provisions for education and health care will be provided in the Labor, Health…
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Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies identify Texas man killed in Sunday snowmobile crash
Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies on Wednesday released the name of a snowmobiler from Texas who suffered fatal injuries late Sunday afternoon when…
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Former Warm Springs Ventures CEO pleads guilty in federal court for role in tribal fraud scheme
A resident of the Fort Hall Reservation in Idaho and former CEO of the Warm Springs Economic Development Corp. pleaded guilty Monday in federal court…
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$1 million federal grant to fund rehab of rentals on Warm Springs Indian Reservation
Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., announced Monday that the Warm Springs Housing Authority has secured a $1.03 million federal grant from the…
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